Tap Forward vs Ant Merge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tap Forward
Experience a simulated life journey from birth to old age. Make choices, upgrade your character, and encounter various life events. See how your decisions shape your future and try to reach the end of your life's path.
- Idle game mechanics
- Upgrades and power-ups
- Life events simulation
- Character progression
- Discover new faces
- Experience aging
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Have you even wondered what will happen to you in 30, 50 or 100 years from now? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to time travel? Now you can!! Tap tap tap your way into the future, TAP Forward! Game features: - Amazingly fun idle game mechanics - Upgrades & power ups to boost your progress - Get sick but try not to die! - Life events will tell you what's going on around your life - As you grow, you will discover new faces Grow and get old! Experience new things, and heck even get sick!! Try to reach your last breath AND don't let him die!! Enjoy.
Ant Merge
An idle game where you produce and merge ants to create larger ones. Watch your ant colony grow as they consume food in this satisfying experience.
- Produce ants
- Merge ants
- Grow larger ants
- Watch ants eat food
- Idle gameplay
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Produce the ants, merge the ants to make larger ants and watch them eating the food. A satisfying idle ant game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tap Forward at 3.7 against Ant Merge's 2.8. Tap Forward also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (42 vs 4). Ant Merge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tap Forward sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Ant Merge asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tap Forward holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tap Forward has 42 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Tap Forward | Ant Merge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (42 ratings) — better | 2.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 39.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 537 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FIVE BITS, INC. | Taninty Game Studio |
Customer experience
Tap Forward
Ant Merge
In-app purchases
Tap Forward
- AutoClicker Small$0.99
- Small Time Travel$0.99
- Premium Spin$0.99
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- Tap Small$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Tap Medium$1.99
- AutoClicker Large$2.99
- Large Time Travel$2.99
- Idle Large$2.99
- Tap Large$2.99
- Inmortality$9.99
Ant Merge
No in-app purchases
